This Boy
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| Recorded | 17 October 1963 | |||
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| [[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Lennon–McCartney | |||
| [[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | George Martin | |||
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"This Boy" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John LennonLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. (credited to Lennon–McCartney). It was released in November 1963 as the B-side of the band's Parlophone single "I Want to Hold Your Hand". In the United States, it was issued in January 1964 on Meet the Beatles! which was Capitol Records' reconfigured version of the With the Beatles album. The Beatles performed the song live on 16 February 1964 for their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. An instrumental easy listening arrangement by George Martin, re-titled "Ringo's Theme (This Boy)", was featured in the film A Hard Day's Night and the United Artists soundtrack album. This version was also issued as a single, reaching number 53 in the US and number one in Canada.
"This Boy" was remastered for compact disc by George Martin and released in 1988 on the Past Masters, Volume One compilation. On 9 September 2009, it was re-released on the two CD set Past Masters, as part of the remastering of the original Beatles' catalogue, and was included in The Beatles Stereo Box Set and in The Beatles in Mono box set.
Composition
The track's composition was Lennon's attemptLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. to write a tune in the style of Motown star Smokey Robinson,Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. and specifically his song "I've Been Good to You", which has similar circular doo-wop chord changes, melody and arrangement. The tune and arrangement also draw from "You Don't Understand Me", a B-side to a Bobby Freeman single.[3] Paul McCartney cites the Teddy Bears' 1958 hit "To Know Him Is to Love Him" also as being influential.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Lennon, McCartney, and George Harrison joined in singing an intricate three-part close harmony in the verses and refrain, and a similar technique is employed in later Beatles songs, notably "Yes It Is" and "Because". Originally the middle eight was conceived as a guitar solo but was altered during the recording process.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Written in D major, the song revolves around a 1950s-style I-vi-ii-V doo-wop sequence in 12
8 time before moving to the harmonically complex middle eight (G-F♯7-Bm-D7-G-E7-A-A7) and back again for the final verse and fade-out.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. William Mann describes the song as "harmonically ... one of their most intriguing, with its chains of pandiatonic clusters".[4]
Recordings
The Beatles recorded "This Boy" on 17 October 1963, the same day they recorded "I Want To Hold Your Hand", the group's first fan club Christmas single, and a version of "You Really Got a Hold on Me".
They recorded fifteen takes of "This Boy" followed by two overdubs. The song was recorded with a rounded ending, although it was faded out during a mixing session on 21 October. Two takes were joined to make the final master, with the edit between the middle eight and the final verse (1:28).Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Alternative recordings have also been officially released. A live version performed on Two of a Kind in 1963 was released on Anthology 1 and two incomplete takes from the original recording were released as a track on the single "Free as a Bird".
Ringo's Theme
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| B-side | "And I Love Her" (instrumental) |
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| Recorded | 1964 |
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| Label | United Artists |
| [[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Lennon–McCartney |
| [[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | George Martin |
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An instrumental version of "This Boy", orchestrated by George Martin, is used as the incidental music during Ringo Starr's towpath scene in the film A Hard Day's Night. The piece, under the title, "Ringo's Theme (This Boy)", was released as a single—but failed to chart in the UK—on 7 August 1964 with "And I Love Her" on the B-Side,Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. although it did reach number 53 in the American Top 100 later that year. It was also included on Martin's Parlophone album Off the Beatle Track and the EP Music From A Hard Day’s Night by the George Martin Orchestra, released 19 February 1965. It was also included on the American A Hard Day's Night soundtrack album. Vic Flick's lead guitar work can be heard on "Ringo’s Theme", which plays as the Beatles drummer wanders around London on his own.
Chart performance
| Chart (1965) | Peak position |
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| Canada | 1 |
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Personnel
- John Lennon – double-tracked lead vocal, harmony vocal, acoustic guitar
- Paul McCartney – harmony vocal, bass guitar
- George Harrison – harmony vocal, lead guitar
- Ringo Starr – drums
- Production staff
- George Martin – producer
Ringo’s Theme (This Boy)
The instrumental version from the film is performed by:
- George Martin Orchestra
- Vic Flick – lead guitar
- George Martin – producer, orchestration
Notes
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pedler, Dominic (2010). The Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles. Omnibus Press. pp. 81–82. ISBN 9780857123466.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Beatles – 'This Boy'". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ All Together Now, the ABC of the Beatles songs and albums, David Rowley (2013), page 183–84
- ^ Mann, William (1963). "What Songs the Beatles Sang", The Times (27 December 1963), cited in Everett, Walter (2001). The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men Through Rubber Soul, p.204. Oxford. Template:ISBN
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pedler, Dominic (2010). The Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles. Omnibus Press. pp. 81–82. ISBN 9780857123466.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Beatles - This Boy - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
References
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Harry, Bill (1992). The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. ISBN 0-86369-681-3.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. London: Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-55798-7.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.MacDonald, Ian (1998). Revolution in the Head. London: Pimlico. ISBN 0-7126-6697-4.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sheff, David (2000). All We Are Saying. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-25464-4.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."This Boy". The Beatles Bible. 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Beatles U.K. Singles/Parlophone original#2". The Beatles Record Collection. 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
External links
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